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Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) talked about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs and the USA FREEDOM Act, which he co-wrote. The bill was intended to r…

Secretary Janet Napolitano testified at an oversight hearing of the Department of Homeland Security. Many questions focused on Secretary Napolitano’s June 15th memo on deferring deportation …

Members marked up a series of seminal civil liberties bills, including H.R. 984, the State Secret Protection Act, and H.R. 3845, the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009. The USA PATRIOT Amen…

Witnesses testified about the USA PATRIOT Act focusing on portions of the Act being considered for re-authorization and renewal. Among the topics they addressed were the use of wiretaps, ope…

Representative James Sensenbrenner was interviewed about the debate over the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, which will expire on February 3, 2006. Rep. Sensenbrenner is the chairman of …

Representative Sensenbrenner spoke to reporters about actions taken by the House to reduce the six month Patriot Act extension passed in the Senate the previous day to one month. He said the…

Republican senators spoke to reporters about various legislation being considered before the end of the year. Among the topics they addressed were Patriot Act reauthorization, debate over pr…

Attorney General Gonzales, the chief sponsor of the bill Representative Sensenbrenner, and House Homeland Security Chairman King spoke to reporters about the reauthorization of the Patriot A…

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, parts of which were due to expire at the end of 2005. Witnesses opposed the extension of provisions in…

Mr. Comey testified about the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, parts of which will expire at the end of 2005. He spoke about how the Patriot Act has helped track down and capture terroris…

Attorney-General Ashcroft testified about legislative proposals designed to combat terrorism.

The committee marked up intelligence reorganization legislation that responded to recommendations by the September 11 Commission. Many amendments were offered. Some that were passed included…

Cabinet secretaries and members of Congress testified about the creation of a Department of Homeland Defense and the potential reorganization of the federal government. They talked about how…

House Judiciary Committee members met to discuss and amend proposed legislation to reorganize the federal government by creating a Department of Homeland Defense. Their recommendations went …

After the Anti-Terrorism Act signing ceremony, Representative James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), chair of the Senate Select Intell…